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SUMMARY:Neurodiversity Connect Series - Session One
DESCRIPTION:Neurodiversity Connect Series – Session One\n\nTuesday\, September 22nd\, 6-8PM \nBrick & Mortar\n8 W Campbell Street\, Floor 2\, Arlington Heights\, IL\, 60005 \nRegistration Fee: $10 \nCrossing Cultural Boundaries: Navigating the U.S. Education System \nFor Japanese and Japanese-American families raising a child with autism or another intellectual or developmental disability\, the U.S. school system can feel unfamiliar and hard to navigate — especially across major transitions like elementary to junior high or junior high to high school. \nThis session brings together educators and family voices to demystify IEP meetings\, transition planning\, and parent-teacher conferences\, while also exploring the added layer of bilingual and multilingual education. Families will leave with practical questions to ask their school team and a clearer sense of what support is available at each stage\, including the transition into high school and young adulthood. \nWe’ll also hear from a clinical director about how to integrate your clinical approach with your child with school professionals. \nPanellists: \n\nModerator: Marion M. Friebus-Flaman\, Executive Director\, Japan America Society of Chicago — Former teacher\, principal\, and district administrator with direct experience leading a Japanese-English dual language school and background in bilingual/multilingual education and language acquisition.\nPanelist: Seika Kobari\,  Director of Multilingual Programs\, Schaumburg School District 54 — a Japanese-bilingual district leader who can speak to school infrastructure: what schools can offer and what families should ask.\nPanelist: Family Advocate — Teri Dudasik\, PASSAGE director\, Aspiritech Advisory Board member\, longtime neurodiversity family advocate\nPanelist: Hope Autism Clinical Director and Child Advocate Michelle Guennette — Spent twenty years helping develop child-affirming best practices in a clinical setting for autistic children\nPanelist: Joanne Clyde\, Director\, Multilingual/Language Development Department\, Illinois State Board of Education  — Oversees all multilingual programs in Illinois public schools\, collaborates with the Special Education department to oversee Special Education for Multilingual Learners.\n\nRegister Here!
URL:https://jaschicago.org/event/neurodiversity-connect-series-session-one/
LOCATION:Brick & Mortar\, 8 W Campbell Street\, Floor 2\, Arlington Heights\, IL\, 60005\, United States
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